I could only have two hundred and fifty five characters and so I thought to myself: Why not fill it up to obtain all use out of it as I can? So that is precisely what I did, with no rhyme or reason, the entire sig exists purely to exist for it's own sake.

Comedy gold. But a terminology correction is that it vaporizes, as evaporation is for when waster turns gaseous without boiling while it is vaporizing when it boils. And yes, water boils in a vacuum. Depending on other conditions.

Edit: why hasn't the air of the cast location and everything else get sucked in?

Life lessons:1 "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade."2 "Unless life also gives you sugar and a cup, your lemonade is gonna suck."3 "If you dont find some water and some ice, your lemomade will still suck."

Dabloxxer wrote:Comedy gold. But a terminology correction is that it vaporizes, as evaporation is for when waster turns gaseous without boiling while it is vaporizing when it boils. And yes, water boils in a vacuum. Depending on other conditions.

Thanks for pointing out the error! In the case of the potion, you're definitely right, and it is really boiling, not evaporating. In the case of the evaporative cooling, I'm not as certain (the phase change is occurring only at the surface, thus evaporation may be right). I changed both examples to vaporization just to be safe.

Dabloxxer wrote:Edit: why hasn't the air of the cast location and everything else get sucked in?

Portals have a semi-permeable force field, duh! That's why you have to click them! Except if you're snow... Yeah... That's the ticket...

At least it's evaporation for the nose, mouth, eyes, and respiratory tract as the "freezing" of these parts is because the evaporation of the moist this draws the heat from the surfaces in a quite similar manner as sweat evaporates to cool your body during a hot day.

Anyways Evaporation or Vaporization it doesn't really matter, all that matters is this epic comic

Dabloxxer wrote:Comedy gold. But a terminology correction is that it vaporizes, as evaporation is for when waster turns gaseous without boiling while it is vaporizing when it boils. And yes, water boils in a vacuum. Depending on other conditions.

Edit: why hasn't the air of the cast location and everything else get sucked in?

I'm curious what the source of this strip is, or if it's interpreted from more general theory. Some of it seems to match http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_a ... 70603.html (especially the part where the one person subjected to a partial vacuum claimed to feel the water on his tongue start to boil). But it sounds like the swelling is exaggerated here, and also the timeline - Keydar should be able to survive for at least 30 seconds before permanent injury starts.

Dabloxxer wrote:Comedy gold. But a terminology correction is that it vaporizes, as evaporation is for when waster turns gaseous without boiling while it is vaporizing when it boils. And yes, water boils in a vacuum. Depending on other conditions.

Edit: why hasn't the air of the cast location and everything else get sucked in?

I'm curious what the source of this strip is, or if it's interpreted from more general theory. Some of it seems to match http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_a ... 70603.html (especially the part where the one person subjected to a partial vacuum claimed to feel the water on his tongue start to boil). But it sounds like the swelling is exaggerated here, and also the timeline - Keydar should be able to survive for at least 30 seconds before permanent injury starts.

Unconsciousness isn't the same as permanent injury. In fact, some sources say that one could make a full recovery even after 90 seconds of exposure (though you will be unconscious for a large portion of this). Also, in the link you mentioned, Joseph Kittinger's hand swelled to about twice its volume, so the swelling is not exaggerated. If you're still unsure, take a look at stuff like fire cupping (warning, it's kind of gross), and see how much the skin rises when exposed to vacuum. Actually, if you want to experience a partial vacuum first hand, ask someone to give you a hickey!